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Latest episodes

Apr 1, 2024 • 7min
I Bought 2 New Stocks! | Private Weekly Update
This episode is an edit of my latest Patreon-only weekly update, to give a taster of some of the exclusive content provided there. This week: additional thoughts on the week’s episodes on Mohnish Pabrai and Alibaba stock, the Reddit IPO, and 2 new portfolio stocks, and more.
Related episodes:
Why Alibaba is Scrapping Cainiao IPO | BABA Stock
https://youtu.be/ClE-h5223FQ
Mohnish Pabrai: “Be A Shameless Cloner Like Me”
https://youtu.be/VC--Atki3TU
Mohnish Pabrai: Why Great Stock Ideas Are Rare
https://youtu.be/cIasDBIkoM0
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Disclaimer: I am not a financial adviser and nothing in this content is financial advice. This content is for education and entertainment purposes only. Do your own analysis and/or seek professional financial advice before making any investment decision.

Mar 28, 2024 • 11min
Why Alibaba is Scrapping Cainiao IPO | BABA Stock
I report and discuss the latest Alibaba stock news that Alibaba is scrapping the previously planned IPO of its large logistics unit Cainiao, and is planning to acquire the remaining stake it does not own. See below timestamps:
00:14 Cainiao IPO withdrawal and share acquisition news
01:46 Recent BABA stock price action
02:40 Investing for strategic growth
08:15 Cainiao segment financial results - revenue growth
09:07 Mainstream financial media take on the news
Related episodes:
Alibaba Stock: Is The Bottom In? Chairman Joe Tsai Interview! https://youtu.be/eZ4x8z2qjII
Alibaba Stock Earnings Summary + My Opinion | BABA Stock https://youtu.be/TJnjxv8LNL0
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Disclaimer: I am not a financial adviser and nothing in this content is financial advice. This content is for education and entertainment purposes only. Do your own analysis and/or seek professional financial advice before making any investment decision.

Mar 27, 2024 • 15min
Mohnish Pabrai: “Be A Shameless Cloner Like Me”
I respond to parts of recent Mohnish Pabrai Q&As, in which Pabrai discusses his concept of being a shameless cloner investor, and how to go about it successfully. Shameless cloning means a lot more than just copying the stock buys of great investors. See below timestamps:
00:34 How to be a good shameless cloner investor
04:32 Circle of competence and market mispricings
07:51 Knowing which rabbit holes to go down
11:25 There’s always a bear market with opportunity somewhere
Related episodes:
Mohnish Pabrai: Why Great Stock Ideas Are Rare
https://youtu.be/cIasDBIkoM0
Mohnish Pabrai Buys PayPal + These Stocks for Wagons Fund
https://youtu.be/dr75eoQRvcY
Reference videos:
Mohnish Pabrai's Session with Columbia Business School (CSIMA) on February 14, 2024
https://youtu.be/ZrJA8q5Yixg
Mohnish Pabrai's Q&A at London School of Economics on January 30, 2024
https://youtu.be/1xpY7-uyPqo
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I use TIKR Terminal to help analyze great businesses, follow top investor portfolios, and help monitor my portfolio (referral link): http://tikr.com/theartofvalue
I use GuruFocus for historical, financial and valuation data, screeners, charts and comparison tools, to help me make smarter long-term investing decisions (referral link):
https://www.gurufocus.com/?r=2c95d5930bb2537b2e0265075fb66581
Disclaimer: I am not a financial adviser and nothing in this content is financial advice. This content is for education and entertainment purposes only. Do your own analysis and/or seek professional financial advice before making any investment decision.

Mar 26, 2024 • 12min
Mohnish Pabrai: Why Great Stock Ideas Are Rare
I respond to a recent Mohnish Pabrai Q&A with Columbia Business School students, in which Pabrai discusses just how rare truly great investment ideas are, and how some of the greatest ever investors, Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger, learnt to find them over time.
Related episodes:
Mohnish Pabrai Buys PayPal + These Stocks for Wagons Fund https://youtu.be/dr75eoQRvcY
Mohnish Pabrai Warns: Don’t Compete With Elon & Tesla https://youtu.be/8gCgf383e4E
Why Mohnish Pabrai Sold Micron Technology Stock | MU Stock https://youtu.be/snHXxif4bmI
Reference video:
Mohnish Pabrai's Session with Columbia Business School (CSIMA) on February 14, 2024 https://youtu.be/ZrJA8q5Yixg
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Disclaimer: I am not a financial adviser and nothing in this content is financial advice. This content is for education and entertainment purposes only. Do your own analysis and/or seek professional financial advice before making any investment decision.

Mar 21, 2024 • 14min
Everything Money Lost MILLIONS Shorting! | My Reaction
I react to a video by Paul Gabrail from Everything Money, in which he discusses his recent short-selling mistake: going short Nvidia stock during the current AI stock exuberance. Then we look at what super-investors Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger have said about short selling stocks. See below for timestamps:
00:32 Paul Gabrail on his shorting Nvidia mistake
08:25 Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger on short selling stocks
Related episodes:
Aswath Damodaran: Nvidia Stock “Priced To The Point of Insanity”
https://youtu.be/DCI9iQC_hvs
Is Nvidia Stock A Buy? 10 Well Known Investors Answer
https://youtu.be/d-1Dz7r10Lw
Why This Fund Manager Says NEVER SELL Nvidia Stock
https://youtu.be/sCIDBcdX4eY
Reference video:
Everything Money: I Lost Millions So You Don't Have To https://youtu.be/MrNk-D6iv2U
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Disclaimer: I am not a financial adviser and nothing in this content is financial advice. This content is for education and entertainment purposes only. Do your own analysis and/or seek professional financial advice before making any investment decision.

Mar 20, 2024 • 30min
Nvidia Stock A Bubble or A Buy? 10 Well Known Investors Answer
Nvidia stock (NVDA stock) has had a meteoric rise recently, so is the stock in a bubble or is it still a buy? Is it too late to buy Nvidia stock? Many well known investors, YouTuber retail investors, professional fund managers, and stock analysts, give their answers in this episode, including: Stanley Druckenmiller, Mohnish Pabrai, Professor Aswath Damodaran, ARK Invest’s Cathie Wood, Financial Education Jeremy Lefebvre, Josh Brown, Stacy Rasgon, Chris Camillo and the Dumb Money guys. See below for Timestamps:
00:00 Jensen Huang - President and CEO of NVIDIA
00:26 JJ from The Art of Value - Intro
00:45 Stanley Druckenmiller
02:56 Chris Camillo & Dumb Money
08:23 Jeremy Lefebvre - Financial Education YouTuber
12:04 Aswath Damodaran, Josh Brown, Stacy Rasgon
19:18 Cathie Wood - CEO & CIO of ARK Invest
23:08 Mohnish Pabrai
Related episodes:
Why This Fund Manager Says NEVER SELL Nvidia Stock
https://youtu.be/sCIDBcdX4eY?si=06X6WE4gsnVJeAzA
Aswath Damodaran: Nvidia Stock “Priced To The Point of Insanity”
https://youtu.be/DCI9iQC_hvs?si=0RHceD6O0ZzJV0n9
3-5 Year Bull Market? Response to Jeremy Lefebvre
https://youtu.be/EKmIj6WAdkw?si=wZseObO3Ovg504br
Why Druckenmiller Owns Nvidia Despite "Nosebleed Territory"
https://youtu.be/QP496jwcumk?si=JEag6zdjJTLWpddn
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Disclaimer: I am not a financial adviser and nothing in this content is financial advice. This content is for education and entertainment purposes only. Do your own analysis and/or seek professional financial advice before making any investment decision.

Mar 19, 2024 • 10min
Google & Apple Really Teaming-Up On AI? My Thoughts
I respond to the news that Google and Apple are in negotiations to partner-up for AI development and roll-out on the Apple iPhone platform. Is this just talk, or could this actually happen?
Related episodes:
Aswath Damodaran: Nvidia Stock “Priced To The Point of Insanity” https://youtu.be/DCI9iQC_hvs
Why This Fund Manager Says NEVER SELL Nvidia Stock https://youtu.be/sCIDBcdX4eY
Reference clip:
CNBC: Apple and Google in AI deal talks
https://youtu.be/Qn8Hjx1_1Ls?si=FFQT5AHEUyb8fSfd
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Disclaimer: I am not a financial adviser and nothing in this content is financial advice. This content is for education and entertainment purposes only. Do your own analysis and/or seek professional financial advice before making any investment decision.

Mar 18, 2024 • 20min
Mohnish Pabrai Buys PayPal + These Stocks for Wagons Fund
Here’s an update of the current stock portfolio in the Mohnish Pabrai Wagons Fund. There are now 20 positions, so there are quite a few stock additions since Pabrai’s last update, including PayPal (PYPL), Microsoft (MSFT), Amazon (AMZN), Constellation Software (CSU), Brookfield Corp (BN) and more!
Related episodes:
Mohnish Pabrai’s New Fund Buys EBAY & These Stocks
https://youtu.be/dnM_AoC6mzI
Mohnish Pabrai: Key Investing Lessons from "Circling the Wagons”
https://youtu.be/TqC_m7-DPfM
Mohnish Pabrai's Session at the SumZero Virtual Investor Summit 2024 on February 8, 2024
https://youtu.be/mi134c5X3ps
Join The Art of Value Patreon community for exclusive videos and more: https://www.patreon.com/TheArtofValue
I use TIKR Terminal to help analyze great businesses, follow top investor portfolios, and help monitor my portfolio (referral link): http://tikr.com/theartofvalue
I use GuruFocus for historical, financial and valuation data, screeners, charts and comparison tools, to help me make smarter long-term investing decisions (referral link):
https://www.gurufocus.com/?r=2c95d5930bb2537b2e0265075fb66581
Disclaimer: I am not a financial adviser and nothing in this content is financial advice. This content is for education and entertainment purposes only. Do your own analysis and/or seek professional financial advice before making any investment decision.

Mar 14, 2024 • 8min
Why This Fund Manager Says NEVER SELL Nvidia Stock
I react to a recent interview with a well known investor and investment fund manager Ross Gerber, who asserts that Nvidia stock investors should NEVER sell NVDA stock; he explains why.
Related episodes:
Aswath Damodaran: Nvidia Stock “Priced To The Point of Insanity” https://youtu.be/DCI9iQC_hvs
Why Druckenmiller Owns Nvidia Despite "Nosebleed Territory" https://youtu.be/QP496jwcumk
Mohnish Pabrai on Mistakes, AI Euphoria, Nvidia, Microsoft https://youtu.be/zs7pdV3fSJc
Reference video:
CNBC: Would be a 'crucial mistake' to ever sell Nvidia stock: Ross Gerber
https://youtu.be/naOTu2NSPl4?si=PT5OLjhXWclG7UKP
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Disclaimer: I am not a financial adviser and nothing in this content is financial advice. This content is for education and entertainment purposes only. Do your own analysis and/or seek professional financial advice before making any investment decision.

Mar 14, 2024 • 7min
Why Tesla Stock Downgraded Again!
I react to clip of a Wells Fargo analyst discussing their downgrade of Tesla stock (TSLA stock). It begs the question, how low will Tesla stock go this time?
Related episodes:
Tesla Stock: Is Tesla In Trouble?! https://youtu.be/lLqH06cXJYM
Tesla Stock Investors Must Know About Tesla Bot & Humanoids https://youtu.be/dlBYMSQ-LFE
Reference video:
CNBC: Tesla: Here's why Wells Fargo downgraded the stock https://youtu.be/mpbfvgaLwH4
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Disclaimer: I am not a financial adviser and nothing in this content is financial advice. This content is for education and entertainment purposes only. Do your own analysis and/or seek professional financial advice before making any investment decision.